Stefano Boeri Architetti provided the master plan for the project. According to the official site, the Liuzhou Forest City will host 40,000 trees and almost 1 million plants of over 100 species.

This vegetation will cover every building in the city and absorb an estimated 10,000 tonnes of CO2 and 57 tonnes of pollutants per year. Furthermore, it will produce approximately 900 tonnes of oxygen.

The city will run on renewable energy sources and be connected to Liuzhuo via an electric rail line. It is slated for completion sometime in 2020.

This isn’t Stefano Boeri Architetti’s first foray into green architecture. In 2014, the firm completed construction of the “Vertical Forest” in Milan. It is comprised of 110 and 76 metre high towers covered in over 20,000 plants.

With all the bad news we hear about the environment, it’s nice to see something positive for a change. It’s even better when that news comes from a country that has historically been a terrible polluter.

Since U.S. President Donald Trump officially dumped Mother Earth (“she is a 6 at best”), China has continued to take up the reigns as a global leader in green technology.

Last month, we reported that China had switched on the world’s largest floating solar farm, noting that although it wasn’t producing that much power it was nice to see China moving in the right direction.

In early 2017, The New York Times reported that the Chinese government plans to spend more than $USD360 billion on renewable energy by 2020.

Aside from helping to prolong our time on Earth, there are myriad other benefits to this. Such projects will reduce some of the toxic air that envelops China, improve the economy and boost China’s standing as a world leader.

Hey Trump (and Turnbull), how’s that coal working out for you?

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Stefan is an Adelaide-based freelance writer. In his spare time, he plays tennis badly, collects vinyl and brushes up on his Mandarin. Follow Stefan on Twitter